National Republican., 1887-12-10
Asia, America, and oooan,s.

uODle CnheIptlbt, SUCH Hb Oouub huSehu
de Mitkiewicz, Wharton Barker, and other
well deserving citizens. 1t has always been
true, and will continue to be, as long as
the sun Of the ornament, and not the SUi
OF New York aud Baltimore, will shine upon
the miseries and petty jealousles OF the sons
Of Adam and Eve.
The last to take the field In Don
Quixotic and unchristian manner for as
sailing the above mentioned self-sacritlcipg
gentlemen and their grand idea OF intro
ducing the American civilization IN China
and Corea, with all Its comforts, ameiora-
tions, and reciprocal advantages, Is a Chris
tian missionary, who went to China 10
preach the Gospel and to convert to Chris
tianity the heathen Chinee, aud after q
few years Of missionary life changed tue
Bible for politics and traffic, became the
secretary and partner Of George Frederick
Seward, United States minister to China,
Consul Bailey and compasy, and now he,
the said missionary, like the Arabian
Phoenix, comes out In new role,
parading himself as railroad, sewer,
viaducts, water work, and bridge con-
structor, and Of many other extraor-
dinary wonders for the excll-
sive benefit Of the Pekinites, who are fhc
elite OF the Inhabitants OF the middle king
dom, the others being all Sudras. rdls
Christian, honest, and unselfsh missionary
is the Rev. Chester Holcombe, Of aromatic
patna malva and Allahlabad opium re.
nown, which, accompanied with sone
other little sins, was probably the cauao
that determined the Hon. John Rassell
Young, United States Minister to Pekiu,
to request the Rev. Chester Holcombe to
enter no more the gate Of the United
States legation In the capital OF China, and
something must be on nle at the state De
partment about this hlmIliatiDg state Of
things for our country and our representa-
tives in China.
The Rev. Chester Holcombe, who, with
modesty, styles himself the nee plus Ultra
OF all the well.informed men in the al tirS
Of China, says that the government oi
China "is cautious and conservative "
This is no news, but the Rev. Holcombe
omitted to soy that the government OF
what has been in due form granted, there
fore the concessions granted to the Phlis-
delphia syndicate of bankers are safe, aud
contain the grandest possibilities of the pres
ent, and will be, when carried into effect,
one Of the grandest facts Of the future,
with or without the Don Quixotic and un-
christian assaults of the Christian mis-
sionary, the Rev. Chester Holcombe, OF the
state OF Connecticut.
ba Teupu Va n, ., -, ID ,t,t, - fo,oi -,
afrairs), in Pekin, is composed of wise, pa.
trlctic, and able statesmen, who fully ap.
preciate the benefits that China will reap by
the introduction of railroads, telegraph,
telephone, and of national bank operating
on large scale at home and abroad where
the interests Of China and the Chinese have
expanded, and, above anywhere else, In the
United States, where hundreds OF thousands
Of Chinese merchants and laborers reside,
trade, work, multiply, and promote fam
cial, commercial, political, and friendly re-
latiobs and intercourse between the two
great countries facing each other across Il c
great Pacific ocean.
The statesmen members of the Tsung-L Ii.
Yamen are too adroit to allow themselves
to be Influenced by the clamor OF tb,
jealous, left-behind, and disappointed
English officials, merchants, aud shop
keepers In China, and Of their confsderates
In America, to back down and revoke the
important concessions granted by thelI
colleague, the foremost Chinaman living In
the nineteenth century, Li-Hung- Chang
| yiceroy of Petchely, mentor OF the youul
emperor, president Of the board Of trade o
the whole empire, and the high mandarin
designated by the imperial government Il
| deal and contract with the foreigners AM
foreign affairs. The revocation OF th,
Mitkiewicz- Barker concessions 10 simply al
imposslbility in the opinion OF those VIII,
know China, the Chinese, and their Gus
toms well, though It is the ardent desire o
many malcontents In China, Germany
England, and America, where, In this las
named country, they, try to, make heart
the echo Of their dissatisfaction and mJslea,
public opinion and scare the capitalists.
The members Of the Philadelphia synd
cate ought to follow the, example of tn
members Of the Tsung. Ii, Yamea aud O
other mandarians, who ,dovnot4 let thei
dreams nor appetite be disturbed BY the III
fair but harmless attacks Of Rev. Cheste
Holcombe and others Of equally inierio
callber, and whose voices have no value
China, where facts, have precedence. ovt
words and calumnies.
Itappears impossible, but II is true, tha
the first reward that man or o syndicai
Of men receive for doing things out of tt
daily routine, no matter how grand an
advantageous they are to. mankind, is 1,
vsriably the calumny Of small men, b,
magma est peritas ct prepalebit.
The title Of mandarin Is not Chinese, bl
q Portuguese title given to the Chinei
officials by the earliest Portuguese settle
in Macao, in southern China, which title
derived from the verb mandare or coma
dare. The Chinese title Is chong- -quo-kua
(oflicial Of the middle kingdom.)
There is no lack Of. money In Chin
Nearly all the Spanish and Mexican pill
dollars, as well ss the East India rupee
the siamese ticals, and q great deal Of gol
OF every nation, also our California trat
dollars, have found their way into ChlI
and remained there. Vast sums Of none
both In gold and silver, have been hoard,
for many years without use, waiting 4
Investment, and this is worthy Of beir
known by the Syndicate of the Philadelph
bankers in preparing the plan for putin
into execution the concession granted
them through the ability, foresight, al
energy OF Messrs. Mitkiewicz and Whartt
Barker.
Z II
What n Spectacle! .